India’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Ruchi Ghanshyam along with Deputy High Commissioner Charan Jeet Singh took up a mop to clean up the mess created by the protesters last week at the Indian consulate. Many British-Indians too took part in the initiative.
Pro-Pakistan protesters vandalized the building of Indian High Commission in London over the Indian government’s decision to revoke special status to Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcation.
Over 2,000 protesters gathered at the premises and raised slogans against India and broke some window panes of the Indian mission. They also used eggs, tomatoes, smoke bombs and frozen water bottles leaving stubborn marks on the building of India House in Aldwych, London.
Ghanshyam said: “We want to show that we are not scared or intimidated. India has responded and this clean up drive too is part of India’s official response.”
Dressed in the tricolor and with a broom in hand, Gaurav Mahna, audit director wrote to the High Commissioner offering the clean up. He said: “I wanted to make it a silent/peaceful cleanup process by sending the message of Indian resilience across the world.”
The protests on September 3 was the second one as the biggest protest took place on August 15 – attacking the mission building as well as some members of the Indian community who were present to celebrate India’s Independence Day.
